Metaphors matter because they evoke images, and images are often one of the best ways to…
“Why do we need a space program? We got problems on Earth we need to worry about.”
Read until the end and you’ll find out how, without having to spend any money, you can help scientific research in your…
The first step in understanding something is to identify the right level of description for the problem [1]…
Wild quail face a long and varied list of challenges to their daily and long-term…
On the beginning of their daily routine, the humans of Earth was shocked by a surprising…
What is biological reductivism? In these reflections, the phrase is invoked less to reference a singular or definitive position, but more a tendency to view the human…
260 researchers from 55 countries are about to make history as a first global cohort participating in an autonomous grant distribution scheme designed and facilitated by guaana.com. Applicants evaluate each other’s proposals and decide among themselves which…
The one question that every single astronomy student or professional has been asked about our career choice is "so what's the point?". There's this undertone that astronomy is useless and we should be using our skills (and funding) for something more practical, like medicine or…
The ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting was held in Charlotte, NC April 10–14. In case you missed it, here are some of the…
I’m happy to announce that an article I have been working on for quite some time (along with fantastic coauthors Rory McGloin and Joe Wasserman) has just been accepted for publication in Media and Communication, a peer-reviewed open access journal.
In 1675, a famous scientist said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”.[1]
Isaac Newton’s statement tells the tale of science progressing by open collaboration.
Special thanks to author Ernest Dempsey for being a sounding board for some of these ideas. Check…
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Bright ideas and illuminating conversations — that’s what you’ve come to expect from TEDx talks — which makes my subject particularly…
by Ryan Whitwam
If there were errors in my scientific arguments, physicists and especially theorists would relish the chance to point out…
In a recent report, called Design and Acquisition of Software for Defense Systems, the Defense Science Board (DSB) has raised its influential voice on behalf of a move by the Department of Defense towards greater use of agile development…
What does it mean to be unique? Twins and epigenetics
Everyone is unique. Or at least that is what we are told, but how true is it? When scientists identify…
In 1675, a famous scientist said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of…
A Theorem Of The God Particle
In what first I assumed to be visionary experiences, I actually physically travelled – every fibre of every atom that maketh the matter of my being – through time and relative dimensions in space, on a light beam, the final destination the Big Bang. My insights and experience corroborate the…
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I see implications for physics pedagogy in the pages of Scale, which reintroduces “Social Physics” with some mathematical patterns based on scaling.
Valencell is continually asked how heart rate variability is measured and what can be done with the resulting…
Quand on parle de l’avenir, on parle souvent des technologies qui vont changer le monde…
ENGINEERING EXAMINATION(JEE MAINS)
As we all want to make our career bright in future by opting for various streams and by pursuing some courses like btech, BSc etc.. To make one’s career bright in engineering, he/she must give the entrance examination of engineering known as JEE-mains in India. It is an entrance examination…
An article I wrote for the Earlham Institute about how new technologyand stringent sample QC can help answer our biological questions.
Fifth-graders exhibited creative projects at Russell C. Struble Elementary science fair
By Samantha Bambino
The Times
Concrete and cement are usually contrasted together as being similar products. However, cement is actually an ingredient of concrete. Cement is an additive that provides the basis for the glue that holds concrete together. Concrete is a…
At a recent speech in Virginia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions proclaimed that undocumented immigrants in Arizona were more likely to go to jail than U.S. citizens. His source was a study by the Crime Prevention Research Center.
